Friday, July 24, 2009

Pregnancy & Meditation

It is a simple meditation where you pick a single focal point (usually within oneself -- your heart, for example) and say as you breath in - I am aware of my heart, and as you breath out - I smile at my heart.

My take on this meditation is to put both of my hands on my belly, breath in and communicate with the baby -- "Baby, I know that you are there" and as I breath out -- "Baby, I am smiling at you."It might seem odd to some people, but I know the baby feels it and experiences it. I often feel the baby moving inside of me during these meditations and it definitely leads me (and baby) into a calm and peaceful sleep. It's amazing how simple and yet effective it is. I've struggled with meditation in the past (due to a distracted mind), but most nights this meditation comes to me very easily.

And, in keeping with my theme of Ten, I close this blog with ten lines from True Love:

"So every time you have an energythat needs to be transformed, like jealousy or fear,do something to care for this energy, for this negative energy,if you do not want this energy to destroy you.Touch the seed of mindfulness, and then all of its energywill be able to establish itself in your 'living room,'like a mother tenderly embracing your pain. With that energy of mindfulness,you aredoing the true practice of meditation with regard to your pain, your emotions.If you are able to maintain mindfulness for five or ten minutes, you will experience some relief right away."